Essential PHP Security
My critically-acclaimed guide to secure PHP programming.
This is nothing short of a seminal work on web application security as it applies specifically to PHP.
Read many more reviews, download sample chapters, and browse the code repository on the companion web site.
HTTP Developer's Handbook
The definitive guide to the HTTP protocol for web developers.
Where the book really sparkles is in the section on improving performance. Few books have looked at the HTTP protocol's underlying mechanisms for controlling caching as this one. In lucid prose, Shiflett presents the various caching directives and their exact meaning.
Book Contributions
- Programming PHP (O'Reilly)
- PHP Cookbook (O'Reilly)
- PHP in Action (Manning)
Publications
The full list of published articles is also available with some useful and current discussion in the comments.



